Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
The accommodation on the B. &

! The accommodation on the Is. q
| 0. Il. r. that left the Grant street
station in Piltsburg, last Sunday al
500 p m. ran into an open switch a
Second avenue, and the engine, bag
gage car and passenger car were pre-
cipitated to the street below, a dis
tance of about twelve feet. The en-
gineer was so badly scalded and
burned that he died that night, The
firemans arm was broken, and six
passengers received injuries, some of
which may prove fatal.
Several sites at Beaver Falls
have been looked at by Pittsburg.
Cleveland and Beaver Falls capital.
lists for the establishment of large
brass foundry ard in a few days q
meeting of those interested will be
held and company formed. 1t is
said the concern will manufacture
brass and bronze novelties and will
be quite extensive, giving employ
ment to $50 hands. Natural gas is
doing it.
After an incendiary FIRE on Sat-
urday night, at Meadville, which
partially destroyed a barn, a half
witted boy named Ritenour was ar
rested near the building and confess
ed that he burned it. 1t is thought
ne has started all the incendiary fires
there of late,
Forest fires are raging with fury
in part of the northern oil field, in all
sections traversed by railways In the
Cherry Grove district the fires are
especially severe: The intense heat,
the dryness of the soil and the search
ty of water all conspire to increase
the danger and hardships of the stu
alton. Six wells and six dwelling
houses at Cherry Grove have already
been burned. Empty or partly emp
ty nitro-glycerine cans, scattered
through the woods, were popping
away at intervals yesterday increas-
ing the danger of fighting fire.
Perhaps New Castle incident
may be of some interest to people
who sometimes pick up stray cats
and other pets. Mrs David Jones
playfully picked up cat while on
her way home last Saturday evening.
1t had fit soon after and bit her on
the arm, and at last reports she was
suffering tereibly, her arm having
swollen in frightful manner.
AS sign of the times the Coch-
ranton Times notes the following:
Harvest hands seem to be getting
scarcer in this part of the country
with each succeeding year and those
farmers who can afford it, are buying
self.binding machines. About twen-
ty of these machines have been sold
in this vicinity this year, and in few
years more the self-binder will be as
popular as is now the common side
delivery reaper.
If there is anything especially
captivating to the average citizen of
Youngstown, its new gambling de-
vice. They've got "fy-loo," started
over there, and hundreds of the men
kill time these hot days playing it.
The dispensers of eight summer
drinks" furnish the accommodations
and tools, which consist of chairs, a
round table and small lump of coffee
sugar for each player. The players
sit around the table on which, direct
ly in front of him, each places his
lump of sugar. The first fly to alight
on one of the Jumps counts the party
owning the lump "out," and so on
until the last man, who is obliged to
"set 'em up" The sport is said to
be very exciting.
"A terrible accident occurred near
Edenburg, Lawrence county, Thurs
day afternoon, the particulars of
which are as follows: James Parks,
son of Mr.. Lewis Parks, was cutting
hay with moving machine. He
made cut along one side of the field,
and was coming back cutting next to
the fence. There is large tree close
to the fence, in the shade of which
several boys were resting. AS the
moving machine came by the tree,
one of tie boys, named Michael
Doyle, son of P.C.&T. section boss
Doyle, aged about 10 years, jumped
out from under the tree, Immediately
in front of the knives, which he sup
posed were on the other side of the
machine. Before Mr.. Parks could
stop his team the knives struck the
lad, severing the arteries and cutting
clear through the large bone and al
most through the small bone of the
right leg, about three inches above
the ankle, and inhicting severe flesh
wound in his left leg